Opposing Theories and the Buckling Strength of Unequal-Leg Angle Columns
Publication: Journal of Structural Engineering
Volume 137, Issue 10
Abstract
A structural engineer wishing to determine the buckling load of unequal-leg angle columns receives conflicting information from published literature because researchers offer two radically different models for their analyses of thin-walled open-profile bars. One model considers the bar to be a continuum whereas the American Institute of Steel Construction adopts a noncontinuum multifilament model. Furthermore, the continuum model defines the normal planes of the deflected bar with the line of centroids whereas the multifilament model uses the shear center line. A test program based on () steel angles is proposed to resolve the issue by determining which model produces computed buckling loads that better correlate with collapse loads obtained from tests. The possibility that neither method produces a buckling load that correlates with collapse loads is not ruled out.
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Received: Sep 5, 2009
Accepted: Jan 20, 2011
Published online: Sep 15, 2011
Published in print: Oct 1, 2011
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